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Title

Nīlakaṇṭhī
नीलकण्ठी

Authors

• Nīlakaṇṭha, active 16th century

Call number

Ms. Coll. 390 Item 1808
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9968967323503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/944199763
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/6896732

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

In Sanskrit

Summary

Manuscript is a manual and astrological/cosmological treatise used for contemplation and consultation and deals with the twelve bhavas which are aligned with the twelve signs of the zodiac and correlated with physical health and well-being and with specific body parts; a table connected to 10 cakras (points of power located throughout the human body) is included (f. 42v).

Notes

• Title from title abbreviations in margins.
   
• Written in 9-10 lines per leaf.
   
• 42 leaves foliated 1-42, upper left and lower right verso.
   
• Mistakes covered over in yellow or blacked out; some corrections and additions in margins; significant syllables, words, or phrases highlighted in red throughout; vertical margins marked with quadruple black line.
   

Extent

1 item (42 leaves) : 11 x 26 cm

Support

Paper

Subjects topical

• Hindu astrology
• Hindu astronomy
• Divination--India
• Chakras

Genres

• Manuals (instructional materials)
• Treatises
• Tables (documents)
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--18th century
• Manuscripts, Sanskrit--19th century
• Manuscripts--India--18th century
• Manuscripts--India--19th century

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Table of contents

• fol. 2v-3r — Table, f. 3r
• fol. 3v-4r — Tables, f. 3v
• fol. 4v-5r — Table, f. 4v
• fol. 6v-7r — Table, f. 7r
• fol. 7v-8r — Table, f. 7v
• fol. 8v-9r — Table, f. 9r